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ORES
Definition of ORES
noun
plural of ore
ORE
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Orejón.
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Word DNA
ORES inherits its ancestry from its root, ORE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,554)
How it is built
Same root, ORE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Latin, Old Norse, Sanskrit.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ORES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ORES starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ORES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found ORES?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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